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A Mothers Nature: A Force to Reckon With When It Comes to Mold and the Home

by Jim Watkins | February 15, 2008

A few years ago, I bought a house that had been infested with black mold but it had been cleaned up by a professional remediation company months before I had bought it.
The house had an ARV over $300,000 and I got it for $160,000. Most of the walls did not have drywall and it was [...]

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Rehabbing A Rental Property

by Richard Warren | February 11, 2008

Last week we discussed rehabbing a home for personal use (Getting Started in Rehab ), this week we will explore rehabbing for the purpose of renting. Of the three main types of rehab, personal use, renting and flip, the rental falls in the middle in terms of risk. If the rental market is strong where [...]

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Flipping Houses

Getting Started In Rehab Real Estate

by Richard Warren | February 5, 2008

You want to rehab houses, but where do you start? We see the fix-and-flip “reality” shows that, somehow, manage to have no basis in reality. How hard can it be to buy a house, rehab it, sell it, and retire to a life of luxury on the French Riviera? On TV, it all happens in [...]

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Lipstick on a Pig

by Richard Warren | January 22, 2008

Who hasn’t had the rehabber’s fantasy? Let’s buy that run-down house, fix it up and make a fortune! The problem is that most new investors venture into this arena unarmed. There is the usual problem of paying too much or grossly underestimating the time or money that is needed, but there is another problem as [...]

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The Rehabber’s Eye

by Richard Warren | January 8, 2008

Who hasn’t dreamed of buying a run-down house and fixing it up? For most it remains a fantasy as very few people actually pursue the idea. Of the few people who do make the attempt many fail miserably. Finding a house that needs to be rehabbed is easy; finding one that will allow you to [...]

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That First Rehab

by Richard Warren | December 11, 2007

What a rush, closing on that first rehab deal! Now it’s time to start making every mistake in the book, at least that’s how it was for me. On the surface it looked like a great deal. I had purchased a bank REO for about 60% of the market value after repairs. I had construction [...]

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Flip Flop

by Michael Creel | December 6, 2007

In the last few years it seems society has gone house-flipping mad. Every time I turn on the TV there is yet another show illustrating the ease in which anyone with a heartbeat can make a fortune buying a beat-up house and turning it into a beautiful modern-day wonder.
Often at the end of these shows [...]

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House Flipping Reality TV Shows: Good or Bad for Newbie Investors and Flippers?

by Joshua Dorkin | October 3, 2007

We’ve all seen the reality TV house flipping / rehabbing shows . . . Flip this House, Flip that House, Property Ladder, Flipping Out, etc. These shows, I believe, have both positive and negative implications for those watching them. Here are just a few:
Pros of House Flipping TV Shows:

Potential flippers are inspired to [...]

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Another Case of Flip this House Syndrome | A Little Help Flipping Houses

by Joshua Dorkin | March 22, 2007

I realize that the title of this post is a bit cryptic, but it will soon make sense to you. We’ve all heard of the shows: Flip this House, Flip that House, Property Ladder, and I’m sure there are even more of ‘em out there.
These shows romanticize the act of rehabbing properties and [...]

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